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Given how strong amoxapine is at D2 I’m not surprised at the rate of side effects like leaking tits and tardive dyskinesia (TD). 300mg a day is sort of like taking 10mg a day of Risperdal as far as D2 dopamine is concerned, (not taking pharmacokinetics into account, keep reading) and just thinking of 10mg a day of Risperdal is almost enough for my TD symptoms to reappear.

On the plus side, amoxapine is probably misclassified as an antidepressant. Some people want it to be classified as an atypical antipsychotic. There’s more than enough evidence for it. Top studies:

Amoxapine vs. Risperdal for schizophrenia. Equally effective. Bonus: the people taking amoxapine (average dosage ~225mg) had lower prolactin levels than those taking Risperdal (average dosage 4.5mg). Lower prolactin means that, although the leaking tits and TD can still happen and suck bad enough to make you stop taking it, it’s still less likely to happen and won’t be as bad with an equivalent dosage of Risperdal.

After looking at all the evidence, I agree with them Asendin (amoxapine) is more antipsychotic than antidepressant. It’s just never going to be approved to treat schizophrenia, because no one wants to spend the money getting a new approval for a generic, so I don’t know if and when I’ll move it. For now I’ll list it in both categories.

Name, Address, Serial Number (Generic and Overseas Availability)

Available in the US as a generic?Yes

Shapes & Sizes (How Supplied)

Other Trade Names and Overseas Availability

Not including controlled/extended/sustained release suffixes (Efexor ER, Trevilor retard e.g.) or branded generics that are a hyphenate of the generic name and the drug company name (Apo-Citalopram e.g.).

Amoxan(Japan)

Defanyl (France)

Demolox (Denmark; India; Portugal; Spain)

アモキサピン (Japan)

Full US PI sheet, Global SPCs & PILs, Other Consumer Review & Rating Sites, and Other Sites that may be of Interest

Asendin, and all other drug names on this page and used throughout the site, are the trademarks of someone else. Asendin’s PI Sheet will probably have the name of the manufacturer and trademark owner (they’re not always the same company) at or near the very bottom. Or ask Google who the owner is. The way pharmaceutical companies buy each other and swap products like Monopoly™ real estate, the ownership of the trademark may have changed without my noticing. It may of changed hands by the time you finished reading this article.